THE NE.W YORKER ly goes all out for Pétain. He writes, "A chief appeared [in the last war]. . . . Upon the day when we had to choose between ruin and reason, P étain was promoted. In him harmony is so com- plete as to seem a decree of nature." ANACHRONISTIC literature to one side, the arc which takes Pétain from the opening of the first World War to its end seems best expressed in two of the rare personal comments on the General made by the dry presidential diarist Poincaré. "He strikes me more and more by the clarity and precision of his ideas," the President jotted down one night, in his fine, neat script, after one of their early headquarters meet- ings. Thén, in February of 1918, as the Allies were readying themselves for their strained, gigantic final effort, the President wrote once more, after an- other meeting, "Pétain seems to me very pessimistic over the approaching campaign . . .. if the battle lasts more than a month. Tout cela est sombre." The battle lasted eight months. It was the Allies' last battle and it ended in armistice and victory. The peace was ten days old before Commander in Chief Pétain was given the accolade which sealed him into his place of supreme honor. On November 21 st, the general became Marshal Pétain in a glittering ceremony held not at the fortress of Verdun but at the fortress of Metz, its defeated German rival. The military company attending the ceremony in the public square was valiant and included such notables as General Pershing, the Marshals Foch, J offre, and Haig, and one marshal in metal, the city's famous statue of Na- poleon's Marshal Ney. According to one writer who was present, "Marshal Pétain was even calmer than the mar- shal in bronze." The comment of Gen- eral Weygand, who was also in the crowd, was less bookish. "To think," he said to a colleague as he watched the Hero of V erdlJn receiving the baton of honor, "that we brought him there on the kicks we gave to his backside." -JANET FLANNER (This is the second of a series of four articles.) . NEW YORK: Colonel Oveta Culp, head of the hobbies section of the WACs, has gone to Britain for an inspection of WACs stationed there. She is accompanied by Major Betty Bandel, WAC staff director. -Guinea (New Guinea) Gold. You mean Major Betty, the leader of the bandel. 43 GOLD BRACELET GOLD HEART CHARM SOLITAIRE DIAMOND RING PALLADIUM BAND RING WITH 8 DIAMONDS $110. 30. 1150. 190. PRICES INCLUDE 10% FEDERAL TAX FINE WEDDING STATIONERY SPODE BOWL, lOIN. LOWEST.OFT DESIGN $38. 12 WEDGWOOD CHINA SERVICE PLATES 70. 12 SPODE CHINA COFFEE CUPS 72 TRE IllUSTRATIONS AND PRICES ARE TYPICAL OF OUR LARGE AND VARIED STOCK 1 BUT SPECIFIC ARTICLES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. TIFFANY & CO. FIFTHAVENUE&5T1'STREET NEW YORK . If THE / ,/ / PROUDLY PRESENTS / . .o =:ì '.. ., .: , i _ i :fu , :ff ;... ..:--: ..: . .": _-ú j :: .:-- t ò' \ tfll { I r, '" h !V \ "- -v-- ) BIL & UORA BAIRD :; '.. - Singing Comedy Star of "Oklahoma" at supper onlv America's Premiè,' Dancers with William Bender, Soloist of dinner and suppe" end their Marionettes from the "Ziegfef'd Follies" Of dinner C. N. Hilton, President Ii i "" [1Þ1 . / A. Benaglia, Managing / Director ///// BOB GRANT FIFTH AVENUE A T 59th STREET and his Orchestra